A new medical procedure, using radiation given to cancer patients to treat a heart condition, was able to save a Utah man's life without requiring a heart transplant.
MURRAY — Shannon Brooks was at a point where he did not have many options to treat his heart condition besides a transplant; but Intermountain Health doctors identified him as a good candidate for a new method to address heart arrhythmia: radiation.
"It's made a huge difference in my life. I'm the father of four and I have three grandkids — and it's just amazing to be able to be back with them again," he said.His wife, Jen Brooks, said they are very grateful for this opportunity, which made a heart transplant a backup option instead of their only option. She said her husband was able to resume normal activities again soon after the procedure.
Brooks' doctor, Dr. Michael Cutler with the Intermountain Health heart and vascular program, said this treatment is a solution for people with heart failure who have a high risk for life-threatening arrhythmias but the typical treatments don't work. Both radiation and a catheter ablation use energy to damage cells that are causing abnormal heartbeats. A catheter ablation uses heat rather than radiation, but both are different methods of the same treatment, Cutler explained.Dr. Peter Hu, medical director of cardiac molecular imaging, helped to plan the procedure, and said they used multiple types of imaging to isolate the scar they think was causing the arrhythmia in Brooks' heart and determine the best treatment strategy.
Medications and a catheter ablation will still be the first treatment, as they have successfully helped hundreds of thousands of patients, and there is significant data showing that they work.
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